Exco to go paperless as councillors given laptops

An Exco meeting agreed yesterday to a recommendation to buy laptops for Exco members to use during council meetings in order to save paper.

The recommendation states that the initiative shows the Msunduzi Municipality is serious about the environment.

All documents tabled in Exco meetings are printed, using hundreds of reams of paper.

The council said the process required the attention of the printing department and the use of expensive printing technology.

Laptops would cost the municipality R80 000 once-off for all 10 councillors.

The recommendation states that 66 762 A4 pages are produced on average at each Exco meeting. This amounts to eight pine trees, it adds, and using laptops will save 352 trees over a year.

Each Exco councillor will have a laptop and a 3G card that will access the Msunduzi virtual private network, which means that councillors will be able to work as if they are sitting in an office of the municipality and are connected to the network. The recommendations states that the user can be anywhere in the world and still be able to work and gain access to the system,while being governed by Msunduzi policies.

Join the conversation!

24.com encourages commentary submitted via MyNews24. Contributions of 200 words or more will be considered for publication.

We reserve editorial discretion to decide what will be published. Read our comments policy for guidelines on contributions.

24.com publishes all comments posted on articles provided that they adhere to our Comments Policy. Should you wish to report a comment for editorial review, please do so by clicking the 'Report Comment' button to the right of each comment.

Tell us a bit about yourself:

Saving your profile

Settings

News24 allows you to edit the display of certain components based on a location.
If you wish to personalise the page based on your preferences, please select a
location for each component and click "Submit" in order for the changes to
take affect.

Your Location*

Weather*

Always remember my setting

Saving your settings

Facebook Sign-In

Hi News addict,

Join the News24 Community to be involved in breaking the news.

Log in with Facebook to comment and personalise news, weather and listings.